Coco Gauff is going for glory at the Wuhan Open and enjoyed a brilliant win in her first match at the tournament.
Gauff is facing constant battles with her game at the moment, but she remains one of the brightest talents in world sport.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff can make history at Wuhan this week and faces Chinese player Zhang Shuai in the last 16 of the tournament.
Gauff has been working on her serve at this event, and there is another aspect of her game that some believe she needs to work on as the year approaches the final stages.
However, one renowned former coach doesn’t think any drastic changes need to be made at this stage.
Rick Macci totally disagrees with what people are telling Coco Gauff now
So much has been made about the player’s serve that now she’s gone away and worked on it, some are picking fault with Gauff’s forehand, too.
It sounds crazy to think that so many so-called experts can dissect the game with two major titles under her name, but then this is an elite sport.
Macci coached some of the game’s top players, most notably Serena Williams, and he thinks any talk of Gauff tweaking her forehand right now is nonsense.
He said on X: “People are chirping for Coco to shut it down. I disagree totally with that. In December, she can do the forehand fix. Right now, her serve has technically changed a lot in combat. Emotionally, she is cut from a different cloth. She can handle brutal defeats. She is 21 and just begun.”
Gauff showed no signs of needing to change much at all during her opening match in Wuhan against Japanese star Moyuka Uchijima.
Gauff will crave good form ahead of WTA Finals title defence
At 21, the player has achieved so much in tennis, and although she’s won a Grand Slam this year, she will be craving more.
If Gauff is in her very best form, she’s capable of dominating the sport of tennis, and perhaps she should have more majors to her name.
However, tennis is tough, especially on the women’s side of things, with so many players capable of winning majors and four different players claiming the Grand Slams in 2025.
Gauff will be defending her WTA Finals trophy in Riyadh next month, and right now, it’s all about getting into good form for that event.
With that in mind, it would be madness to even consider tweaking too much at this stage, and Macci is right to suggest that things are ticking along just nicely.
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